The United States in World HistoryRoutledge, 27. sep. 2006 - 192 síður In this concise, accessible introductory survey of the history of the United States from 1790 to the present day, Edward J. Davies examines key themes in the evolution of America from colonial rule to international supremacy. Focusing particularly on those currents within US history that have influenced the rest of the world, the book is neatly divided into three parts which examine the Atlantic world, 1700–1800, the US and the industrial world, and the emergence of America as a global power. The United States in World History explores such key issues as:
Part of our successful Themes in World History series, The United States in World History presents a new way of examining the United States, and reveals how concepts that originated in America's definition of itself as a nation – concepts such as capitalism, republicanism and race – have had supranational impact across the world. |
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... Slave owners in North America were inextricably bound to the slave trade. Yet, the plantation operators simply lacked the funds to conduct longterm business operations. These funds remained in short supply in the Atlantic world. The ...
... slave trade and access to European goods. In part, they relied on European weapons and gunpowder purchased via the slave trade to conduct these wars. European flintlocks and gunpowder flowed into these coastal states. By the eighteenth ...
... slave colonies, they also gave more favorable accounts of the possibilities of success in these colonies, the very piece of information likely to catch the attention of shortstay migrants. Often newspapers included more personal stories ...
... and the Caribbean. Beginning in the early eighteenth century, the sharp rise in the demand for sugar and production of other staples such as rice and tobacco accelerated the growth of the slave trade and pushed hundreds.
... slaves direct from Africa yet produced one of the largest slave populations in the world by the 1780s. The high fertility in North America, its healthier climate and the availability of adequate food accounted for this turn of events ...